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ady wo
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ay w
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any o
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ab
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ab
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c
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s
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ld w
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r the
rapy dogs
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ry and Zacha
ry
I bough
t abu
t
t
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t
r
awb
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r
ry Yvonne Pep
how
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r
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r
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iou
s
ly w
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e
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f
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e
s
s a
s th
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r
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ed to ev
a
cu
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ab
in
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i
l
t an ex
t
end
ed f
am
i
ly
ev
e
l
s h
e
lp
ed th
em p
r
ep
a
r
e to ev
a
cu
- th
and wond
e
r
ing i
f th
e
i
r hom
e
s wou
ld
an
cho
r
ed in th
e rugg
ed and r
emo
t
e m
e
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s
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t
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s and wo
rk p
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r
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s
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e
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s
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s and cov
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thw
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a
r
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ld no
t h
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e b
e
en h
e
r
e
; bu
rn
ing
rou
t
e a
c
ro
s
s a c
r
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ek
, lo
c
a
t
ed w
a
t
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r
th
e sm
a
l
l
, d
i
sp
e
r
s
ed commun
i
ty o
f sou
r
e
ek b
e
low th
e c
ab
in to b
l
e
s
s th
i
s
r
c
e
s and s
e
t up sp
r
ink
l
e
r
s wh
e
r
e c
-
p
l
a
c
e f
a
s
t b
e
com
ing l
ik
e th
e n
e
a
rby
-
In m
inu
t
e
s
, t
e
a
r
ing smok
e and
and th
e smok
e sub
s
id
ed
, a
l
l o
f th
e
ld
e
r
ing p
in
e cone
s and mo
s
s
- smo
-
to
s
sed by the in
fe
rno a m
i
le away
rced me to say good
-bye to the
1978 and i
t i
s a
l
l th
a
t h
e and h
i
s fo
sk
i
l
l
fu
l
ly know
ing wh
en to r
e
t
r
e
a
t to
longe
s
t re
la
t
ion
sh
ip in my l
i
fe
, th
i
s
How
a
rd s
a
id th
ey w
e
r
e so th
ank
fu
l
and p
rop
e
r
ty w
a
s ob
s
cu
r
ed by smok
e
th
rough th
e
i
r p
rop
e
r
ty and a
l
l a
round
B
a
r
e
ly two y
e
a
r
s e
a
r
l
i
e
r
, r
e
s
id
en
t
s th
By the t
ime I h
i
t the coun
ty
e
i
r hom
e
, bu
t th
e hom
e i
t
s
e
l
f w
a
s
o
f th
e P
in
e C
r
e
ek commun
i
ty c
am
e
tog
e
th
e
r to w
r
i
t
e a F
i
r
ew
i
s
e p
l
an
,
l
led to the road
s
ide and wa
tched
How
a
rd w
a
s h
appy to h
e
lp ou
t pu
and b
eg
an m
ak
ing th
e
i
r hom
e
s and
s o
f t
ra
i
le
r
s
, ca
r
s and
- an exodu
prop
e
r
ty mo
r
e r
e
s
i
l
i
en
t f
rom w
i
ld
-
-
My pa
ren
t
s d
ied when I wa
s a
bo
r
s shou
ld p
a
t th
em
s
e
lv
e
s on th
e
th
e N
a
t
ion
a
l F
i
r
e P
ro
t
e
c
t
ion A
s
so
c
i
- b
id
, leav
ing me w
i
th an inhe
r
i
tance
a
ck fo
r a
l
l th
e p
r
ep
a
r
a
t
ion
s th
ey k
a
t
ion
, i
s a co
l
l
abo
r
a
t
iv
e commun
i
ty
I u
sed to buy the land whe
re I bu
i
l
t
prog
r
am th
a
t en
cou
r
ag
e
s lo
c
a
l so
lu
-
—B
i
l
l D
ean i
s a pub
l
i
c in
fo
rma
-
ion o
fc
e
r on e Canon C
r
e
e
hom
eown
e
r
s and s
t
r
e
s
s
ing ind
iv
idu
- Comp
l
e
x
.
Con
t
r
ibu
ted pho
to
The cab
in bu
i
l
t by Yvonne Pep
in
-Wake
f
ie
ld when she was 18
yea
rs o
ld was th
rea
tened by the Canyon C
reek Comp
lex
.
Fo
r the nex
t th
ree day
s
, I wa
s
a
l
lowed th
rough the b
lockade bu
t show
ed m
e a p
i
c
tu
r
e o
f a sh
ed w
i
th
spen
t the n
igh
t
s s
leep
ing in my
t
ruck a
t the fa
i
rg
round
s re
l
ie
f cen
-
te
r a
long
s
ide o
the
r evacuee
s
, many
On the fou
r
th day
, f
i
re
f
igh
te
r
s in
fu
l
l gea
r appea
red ou
t o
f the w
i
l
-
cab
in a
s i
f to p
repa
re a body fo
r
bu
r
ia
l when I saw them th
rough
l
ine
, and I wa
s to
ld i
t wa
s t
ime fo
r
me to leave and no
t to re
tu
rn un
t
i
l
-
ing l
a
s
t S
a
tu
rd
ay
, S
t
ev
en B
ev
e
r
l
in
,
M
a
lh
eu
r N
a
t
ion
a
l Fo
r
e
s
t sup
e
rv
i
sor
100
,000 a
c
r
e
s and th
r
e
a
t
en
ed P
r
a
i
-
I re
tu
rned the second day o
f
i
e C
i
ty
, wh
e
r
e som
e po
r
t
ion
s w
e
r
e
- John Day
; I wan
ted to be the
re de
s
- r
te
r up f
rom the c
reek
, dou
s
ing the
A
t th
e p
av
i
l
ion I r
e
tu
rn
ed th
e
pe
r
ime
te
r un
t
i
l a ne
ighbo
r be
low Wha
t I cou
ld do i
s o
f
fe
r pe
t
t
ing
l
e
ep
ing b
ag and p
a
i
r o
f sho
e
s g
iv
en
the
rapy a
t f
i
re camp w
i
th my two s
on a hou
se in Canyon C
i
ty
, and i
t
who w
e
r
e ev
a
cu
a
t
ed f
rom P
r
a
i
r
i
e
i
ty and ano
th
e
r wom
an who
s
e C
an
-
and vo
lun
tee
r in ho
sp
i
ta
l
s
, cance
r C
Ha
l
fway down the ru
t
ty moun
-
ta
in road I wa
s s
topped by fou
r s
a
t in a b
a
sk
e
t w
i
th s
ign
s
, “P
e
t
t
ing
D
a
l
l
e
s
, I s
topp
ed a
t th
e R
ed C
ro
s
s
noon and a
l
r
e
ady 15 p
e
r
son
s h
ad
eg
i
s
t
e
r
ed a
s n
ew ev
a
cu
e
e
s
; a
t l
e
a
s
t
b
e
en aw
ay f
rom hom
e fo
r mon
th
s
, r
A
lway
s supe
r f
i
re con
sc
iou
s
, I and th
ey m
i
s
s th
e
i
r dog
s
, so H
en
ry
A
l
l a
long th
e 200
-m
i
l
e t
r
ip
, I
c
lea
red t
ra
i
l i
f needed in a fo
re
s
t and Z
a
ch
a
ry b
e
c
am
e n
i
co
t
in
e p
a
t
ch
-
ch
e
ck
ed my phon
e fo
r th
e m
e
s
s
ag
e I
f
i
re evacua
t
ion a
s pa
r
t o
f Ea
s
te
rn
c
r
ew
s th
a
t w
e
r
e wo
rk
ing a
t my c
ab
in
Ju
s
t p
a
s
t W
a
s
co
, my c
e
l
l r
ang
,
Now
, the f
i
re c
rew
s p
lanned to
and I h
e
s
i
t
a
t
ed to pu
l
l ov
e
r b
e
fo
r
e
u
se i
t to b
r
ing heavy equ
ipmen
t to
d
an
sw
e
r
ing wh
a
t I w
a
s su
r
e w
a
s b
a
-
pump to keep a ho
se sp
ray
ing f
rom
wou
ld be the va
lue o
f ye
l
low in the
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